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fHr SI MTI I: WATCHMAN. ICetahl! Consolidated Aur. 2, 1 BATES RELATES STEEL HISTORY. _ i i?i ? i mi - mi iMtfi < i n > -i ii 11 ? oMPi n i k?n TelU Hon??' Inw^iimitlim Commit? tee How <.igunth- Cot|M>iadoii mn (oiH i iw il and Organized?I ni ne Irl?*'- IntcreM laken Over at DOU? Mo \|?i>ritlM'?l Value ? Roc acfeilet lohril hi **cll at 1.4?*.-.?VMMMN < ompaii) \ri|iiir?Ml to Pre\ent i ii>.it. of Mm \ork Hunk. Washington. May -7.?John W. Gates revealed t<? the HoUOfl "Steel Trust" Investigating committee to? day the hist >ry of the l'nlt*Ml States Steel Corp-or.it:. n. Present at the I >nimlttee'? session were some of tin leading st.-. l m-n of the country. Mr. (iau-s t ad of p.illi >ns lost and created almost ?n a breath, how the Carnegie gutta, ippraised at |lfgt? OOO.OOu. were recognized as worth $320,e ??? eu.t almost wi hin the time required to make the transfer to the corporal! MB] the grim clish in the formative days, when John 1>. lioeke feller amis dissuaded from Joining ?n the corporation, and the manner in whh h other* were prewnt.-d from engaging in the stc-.d trad-. .'.? biting ho.? Carnegie had been f lo il to I ' it plans for extend? ing his */...! i.n<.|.|.--s. Mr. Gites frankly admitted that the gigantic ln? dustrlal combination was formed to throttle competition, nd he surprised the committee arlth the further Infor? mation that a?heg John t>. Rockefel ler had sought t ? ?'nt?-r the ste.d busiti.vsy. a tb- i had baen put through by which th- Standard ? ?il magnate wa* leaned la aafl aul for forty ceau on the dollar. tTiara? t. r Mr. Carnegie M ';' Mull In a chltm shop," Mr. Gates told <t a midnight c ?uferenc.? between himself. Charles M. Schwab and J. P, Morgan at whi- h the total corporati m waa ganeafnad und how it resulted ll Carnegie1.- getting ; ja,m.i..on? in the corpor. lion's ??euritbs for his ste.d lnjert^i? \ hl< h he prev|oes!j had of fifoi for MO.C 10,.> In cash. Mr. tl.it?-- a' ., t-'bl tin c unmitt? of the taking Of the Tennessee C?.i and It r i' up my by the United States (Nlfneration during the Ittl panic, * deal In which he was Inter-j ested ?* ,i -t- ? . hohh-r of tio- Tn; gjgggaa Coaanaay. This he i Id a m a forved tfagaaettog carried out by Mr. Morgan and dh? r Ahanclnl !?-. d ers to save from ruin th. Trust Ct pany nf Amerlci. threatened by the financial uphe \..l ......... it had b.in?*d too nun Ii m -n -\ on th.- toe a" of the Tenn.-s-t-e Corporation. Plans ma.b b. Mr ? iriiegto In IsfS and Ifen, t ? strati Mi ateel toteregt? with a rallro.id of his own and to compete with the fftttonal Tub,. Com? pany Just organized by Mr. Morgan, by th?- erecting of u lube works a: Aahtahula. Ohio, were th?? faetOfl that led t> the birth of the steel combine. The story of the negotia? tions which led up to th?- combination now the subj,. t of Congr. ssi .nal in? quiry wer?* ? n:> rtatatngrj told by Mr. Gates. II ? revealed how Mr. Morgan, alarmed by M.. Carnegie .-, plans, had sought the advice .f himself and James J. Mill; how Charles II. Ichwah Wh?, hi Said, was the only man who had Influence with Mr. Carnegie, wj called In to suggest a way to "stop Cam. gn .Mid how th?- pioneer Iron and stcei King of the country was curbed in his porpo-.. though greal y ti his gnaaclal gain. Hi aaplained that tin ateel buetaees was threaten? ed with several issninlhUng forces ?a hen Cnfglgh - plans beongM know n and that Mr. Morgan and others be? came ,ii?rm?d. tearing thai Carnegie would demoralise both railroad inter* ? at* and s|. el pi lees. This w.?the sltuatiog describ? ed b> Mr tbii. ?. h:ui-e|| ti due ( r St present In the Republh li->n u, i >te? i ? ..mi,,!, w beg Mr. Morgan sent w? rd I . Mm through James J, lllll s. . king a ? .nf. r. ?e |o del ? min-- what could be done, Mr. 0 I ?nid he t-Id Morgan tint Chai M S? hwa ? v lie miiI . m in nli.aid hjsjhn ? ? Vr (' . ih rle, l ?u? ..f rim can,.- a i lernt i i f- r? n ?? ,? Mr Moji ? i N< ? v. ik heeae, tie .. roSae ??f whh h was the I nited Ht >t ateel r i p. i lion, Mr. Qnni ? rtlrt< il nu an ers id the . genrnltfee when l.? dN i lined lo g ? i? he Innti fhl i - Ihi - i k ' . ..mm -n st<?? I* ?? b. s? . | I' ?? ? ?Hi?*stb?n?i r* I itiog to y <? ? r- ? I ' ? <t. ? i ?'ornor dion ? dh-i i mi i i.manand I \ .. he as m in b t?? no nl ? ? nuf.i tin * price, * b mid i '?< elve s sogj i I ? i m f h?- Mtrw ? lhai t in i 11 ? ol h gee and transportoilon might lie sd? sIimI April. ihm). 'Be Just I 881. POSTOFFICE HAS SURPLUS. I IRITf I IM | IN IIIHTORY Ol IM l" \H IMI Vi III KHK I*- No i?i - I M IT. HefOfftlDl In I iehl sei \ ice. It is \s^?it ed. Have Made PoSSlhll] Tills Show Ihr f??r Presen! Year, Washington, May IS.?For the first itnte m the hlatory >f the tervlee, it is said. Um? deficit in the pOJtofllcl depertmt ul has been entirely wiped ? >ut and 11 ,060,000 surplus for t)U current flacal year ending June 3i next 1? In the treasury to the depart* meat*! credit? Poetmaater Qeneral Hitchcock hai tinned a warrant returning to th? MCretary Of the treasury 13.000,001 the last ?,f the amount m t apart from tt',' public funds to assist in defraying :!? expenei ?> ?f the p stni service f"i the present nseal year. Reforms In the field system, i; Ii said, have made the refund possible. W \lt \N I < ?t T FOR FF.LDKR. I Ispenaarj Commission Instructs lt? Bccrctar) t<? Take Step when Fei? der l-'a i Is to \ppear. Columb|a( May 10.??By resolutloi d" the Stat?- Dispensary Commlssior lb i afternoon Instructed Ita secretary !.. r. Kell) of Blshopvlllsi t?? iweai <oit in Mew berry County, a warrant charging conspiracy t<? defraud State? against Thomas r.. Polder oJ Anderson? Felder, Roundtree am Wilson, an Atlanta firm ?.f attorneys. Felder has been summoned to tes? tlfy today before the commission, but failed t-? appear a letter from hin a?: i received and n res dutlon pre? i Tlblng the swearing out of n war? rant f<>r Irs ar rest was afterward ad? ? ?pt. d. hut the teal of the letter wai not given osj . W, A. Holman of tin Charleston ???r was today appointed Ioounael t.> he dispensary oommlsslon I Mil.I.IONS MNTf AT < ONI Y INLAND Fin Starts in "Hell fiate?" Destroy!1 ? |?i eaniland." N. \ York, May IT.?Coney Island the playground of New Tork, suffer* . the worst disaster "f Its hit ?ry to? d iy, "Droamlan I," the largest of th*, musemenl parks, was wiped out and '?ut four blocks adjoining, covere? ?'? booths, r ?i nirants, hotels, mov? i n picture th? atrei and r i >rts el varied types, were destroyed, The firs broke out at - o'clock i? tl ? mornlni end was not under con< (ro| until three hours and a half later The lees will amount t" between $-.? .,. and 13,000,000, in nil about 100 buildings wen t urned and perhaps 2.000 persons concessionaires and employees! wer? turned Into the streets', homeless am penniless, No lives were lost? M im.i: (di l ls roll's ins BARN Tire Destroys Barns ami Content Frida) While Owner is In Town. Mr. J. L. (Jillis' two barns with al of their contents wer.- destroyed hj fire Friday while he was in Sumte. >n business, The loss is estimated ft between $-'.<'<h> ;,rHi $::.*? on, while th< Insurance is about $"???o. The the started about B o*clocl Friday afternoon and burned rapidly owing ie the dry condition of th< j lumber and t<? the fact that the hart was full rf f"d- and COFD, It WS only by hard work that the dwelllni house was saved. DR< >\\ Nl l? IN i.v\( HKS RIYKH I i i Ihiiaie < .(><>,t\\ in |.u?.c?. lit ? l ife Wlol mi BatliliiH WMi nnipanloiis, I .a ke i 'it v. m ay -'v -While 11 >r I aee Goodwin, with several other boy I Itasb bridge tin uftornoon, be ws ? ? Hi in a S hil l and v ? - drOWII".! 111(t Fear not-^-Lot fill the ends Thou Aln sumteu, s. o., wedn: viti kw i diiok i>i:\i>. I'?I, Thomas It. Crews Passes Aw?v Ifter Inncris of Pour Weeks?His < ar err. Laurens, May 28,?Col, Thomas D. 1 Crews, fdit??r. former legislator, i> >st-I master and ex-?'onf ederate .soldier. J died shortly after l o'clock last night [ at the hoine of his daughter, Mrs. John ?I. Bolt, after an illness of about four weeks duration, He suffered from heart trouble and as Ids illness progressed complication* developed. On Monday last he experienced a ( hau.-- for the worse, and to friends who t ailed to set: him and t ? mem? bers of his family he expressed his absolute faith and hope of the future, saying that while his life had been far from perfection, he relied on the promises of God and had accepted them. At ?'. o'clock this afternoon services were held at t'"- home of Mr .and Mrs. John P. Bolt, the Rev. I.. 1?. McGoe, pastor of the First Methodist church, >f which the deceased had been a member for more than hair a century, officiated, assisted by other ministers of the day. At the city < emeterj w here he was laid t" rest bead.- the graves of his wives, the last rites were conducted by the Masons, a tremendous throng was present, \mong those from other n >lnl i prcseni Included Gov. Blease, Col, Wylle Jones and James A. Hoyt of I 'ol umhin: (?ol, B. Ii. Aull yt Mew berry and Rena tor TUlman. Col, Crea*s was twice married, his first marriage being to Miss Eugenia R, llance, October 21, 1856. Forty four years ago yesterday she passed rtway, leaving besides her husband tl ree sous. William 'I'.. Janu s T. and :!d. ar ii. Crews, and one daughter, Mis; gallic, now the wife of .lohn I'. Bolt, clerk of court of Laurena county. Col. CreWS was one of the oldest editors and publishers iti South Caro? lina, having continued his connection in newspaper work Since 1^1", eon tlnuously, with the exception "f the fhtrr years gl ten to Southern con? federacy, up to the time of his death. ?I ? ierved one term in the state leg? islature in the vn'.s and afterward rep rosented Laurens county in the State senate four years, in 1^:*:: h< was appointed postmaster a' Laurens by President Cleveland, serving a term of four years, At the time of his de tMi he was a members of the board of trustees of the soldiers' home, commander ol ''amp Garilngton, V, i'. v.. and i member of the Htate ex 1 eeutlve committee from Laurens for a number of years, Politically he was one of the leaders In this county. Thomas Bissel] Crew s was a son of Thomas and Mary CreWS and was 1 born at Rutherfordton, N. C? June 7. 1^::J. and therefore lacked only 10 ' days of completing his T'.'th year. He came to this town when a boy of is, j having attended the schools In hi* ? home town When not at work in his father's wag ?n and buggy shops. He ? entered Ihe office of the Messrs. God man, the i proprlel >rs ?and editors of the Laurens Herald, completing his ' apprenticeship two years later, Later he worked as a state printer for some time, and then ?ante back to Laurens L to work on Tie- Herald, Just before the war he accepted the position of foreman of The Banner of Abbeville. v When the War Between the Sections ? broke out he enlisted with Company ? A.. Flrsl South Carolina cavalry, 1 Hampton's brigade, Army of North ? ern Virginia, He succeeded to the ? llrsi lieutenancj of his command and frequently led his company as cap lain, He was engaged In many of the ? Important battles. \t th,- close of the war Col. Crews p returned to l^aurens and with o local company purchased the Laurensvllle Herald. In 1872 Col. < ?rew? became - chief editor nnd proprietor and thus ? continued his relation to tin paper up f lo tli,' pr. -ent tau?. While living in Ail.mi.i Mr. Crews ln< .i mi , \ p. ditlon ti nd pro< eeded to I Cuba to assist L ipez and other revo la't at be thy Country's, Hiy God's a ESDAY, MAY 31, 1911 I M.I.M \\ M IKES ICTO TRIP. Makes \ Cross Country Run of sc\ i?ntj Milfs to <?<> to Funeral ol * ?lit??r Crews. Columbia. May 29.?Senator Till man traveled 7" miles across country by automobile Sunday t<> attend the funeral of his old friend. BditOI Thomas Boons Crews of the Laurens ville Herald. Senator Tillman went from Trent in t?> Greenwood in one automobile with his son, B. R, Till? man, Jr. At (i ?enwood, changing to another car he was joined by his son Henry C. Tillman. Senator Till? man stood the tri]) as well as his sons. ?'Col Crews was the first Tlllmanlte l ever heard of in Laurena county," said the Senator. "And he has been my life long friend." Another old friend of Col. Crews who was present was Hugh Wilson, aged 74, for many years editor ..f the Abbeville Presi ami Banner, He learned the printers trade with the late Col, James A. Hoyt in the office of the Laurens vllle Herald in the fifties, Col. Crews i oing foreman. ?."S Mild.ION \< RES IN COTTON. Increase Over 1010?Condition- Ro? ported to Memphis Newspaper. 1 Memphis, May 28.?The first of iii season's cotton crop reports from correspondents of the Commercial* Appeal, of date 'f May 23 and 24, In* j dlcate that there is an Increased [area planted to cotten in ?'.'Ii ovei ! that planted In 1910, of about Id (four and six-tenths) which la about 35,000.000 acres in all. Over v per cent of the crop has ? >me up to a stand. Planting is prai ? tii ally completed save in Western ' >k* iahoma, where if rain falls soon oati land will be put In cotton. This com? pares with ss per cent to stand or May j."> last year. Broadly speaking it may !??? said that north of a Ilm somewhere between the thlrty-thlrd and thirty-fourth parallel the cr >p somewhat later than last year, owlni to the fact that the ground is to* dry for the proper germtnation of th< seed, South of that line the ralni have been sufficient to start the cro| off well, and it Is flourishing. Among other conditions, the cottor ?s well above the average. There i no grass In the wei d, There is b tendency to bettt r land preparatloi and to the employment of Improved machinery, There is a r? turn to cot< t( a in the old. r weevil Infeste 1 dis? tricts of the Mississippi Valley, bui ;i d< crease In the sections newly In? vaded. RECEPTION FOR tiRAMWTES, Boys and fiirls ol (irnduatlng Class t< Bo Entertained at Dam e on Xigln of dune First. The young neu of th< city hav< gotten Up a reception and data ?' foi the "sweel girl graduates" from tin high school and for the young met wh i will receive diplomas t-? be glvei on the night of June first, after th< closing <d' the commencement exer ciSeS. A reception has been given th< graduates for several years, but it It expected that the one on this occasloi will be larger than any of the others Much Interest has been taken in th< affair by those who expect t > at tern and it is probable that it will be on< of the most successful affairs of tin year. CLEMSON COIXEOE COMMENCE M EXT. j Fxorclscs Begin Saturday, dune l'i am! Continue Through Tuesday dune I?. Invitations ar< oul to (Temson col , lege commencement which this yen will begin Saturday, June i". and wil continue through Tuesday. June 1 '-. The lirsl f* at i re of t he i r igran Ih an entertainment lo ?? given b; the Glee ('lub un Suturda .. The Ue> J. Henry H?rmen will preach the hue . a la urea te sermo i and the add re a t< the gradutiting class will ,'" made 0 I <> IS" a. in, Tue.-daj bj Pres Jas, 1: |?att? i ton, I 'h. I i . I,. 1.. 11, ml Truth's." THE TKUJ MADERO SUSPECTS REVOLT. VLLFGFI) PLOT REV FALK I) B\* IRREST OF MEXICAN. Aro/co and Vllljoen Offered Large sums by Agents <>r Cfenttflco Party, it Is Charged. El Pas-. May 28.?What is looked upon by Francisco I, Madero a.s a well-laid plan to prevent his reaching Mexico City, o? overthrow his lead ? rahip and to start a counter revolu? tion against hun, was revealed to? night in the arrest of Daniel de Vil? li, r.-s of Mexico City. W. F, Dunn, an American, accord? ing to a telegram received by Ma dero's chief military adviser, was ar? rested in Monterey. Mexico, by a de tectlve, who had trailed him fr >m \, Paso. The alleged plot Involves cert, n sums -d* money, which veto to have been paid out to Madero's military leaders. Madero. according to the ?ie tails giv.-n out by him. was fully ad vis.-d of the scheme ami allowed 1C to I .- encouraged. A ten days' trailing by detectives then b*?gan, j The arrests followed what is bo? I lieved to have been an effort by mem I hers of tin- Clentifico party to over? throw Madero. De Villleres and Dunn r tin- last ten day.-, it is alleged have be<-n attempting to Influence Gen, Benjamin Vllljoen, chief mili? tary adviser to Madero, and Gen. Pas cual Orozco to desert Madero's stand ard. The two chiefs?secret? ly < n< outraged the conspirators until evidence could be collected t . make tin; arrests Dunn was arrested in Monterey today by order of Madero. c-n. Vllljoen declared $25,000 had been promised him if he would p\r tidpate in the conspiracy. Gen Orosco, he saih was to get any amount he named. Just what com? plicity with the Mexican government existed in tin- work of the accused men, c.en. Vllljoen declared, was not apparent. Gen. Vllljoen asserted that the most prominent Clentlflcos were mentioned t > him by De Villieres and Dunn, es pec tally Rosendo Plenedo, leader II the Clentifico party In the Mexican r ingress, The plot, he declares w to put Plnedo In tie- presidency. In their efforts to procure evidence ngainst Dunn and de Villieres, Gen. I Vllljoen accepted $480 and Gen. 1 i ?rozco 1200. The warrant for the arrest ?f de Villieres was issued by Justice of Peace E. B. MeClintock on a com? plaint charging "conspiracy t i mur? der Francisco I. Madero" lil.d by Gen. Vllljeon. De Villleres was stay? ing at a local hotel and was arrested by Deputy Constable Brown. Brown ind VUlejoen went to the hotel oa enslbly to further the details of the illeged plot. SMALL PO\ AT DAI.ZKLL. County Su|M?rvlsor Pitts Goes to l>nl zell to Fstablish Pcsl llouse, If Vecessury. Supervisor Pitts. County Commis? sioner Brogdon and County Physician Lemmon went out t i Dalsell this morning to look into the small pox situation there and to sc.- if it is ad? visable to establish a pest house In the nelghhorh.I. Four eases of the disease were re? ported on the Edens and Parker places some time ago, but the c unity physician was sent out to vaccinate those who had come In contact with the parties having the disease and to establish a quarantine over the cases which had already broken out It was hoped that thc*e measures would *\ >p t he spread of t he small pox, but It seems that it did not, for dur? ing the past week several no re eases Imvi developed In the n- Igtiborhood, ! t he in - sell loped 1 I ? BOOTBRON, l .-mlilL-in .1 .lime. Vol. XXXII. No. 29. BLE?SE FREES FOURTEEN. GOV. BLEASI GRANTS PAROLES TO DISEASED COXVH is. \v Rosiill of Governor's Reeenl Visit to Penitentiary, Eleven Prisoners Suffering with Chronic Ailment* and One of Advanced Age Given Liberty?Two More Freed for Other Reasons?Action also Favored by Prison Guard Cr main?The List. Columbia, v .?Fourteen pris? oners will l" t Btate Penitentiary tomorrow x* This : ably the record in South e Carol1 'V one day's leave-taking. Of tin- if" ?een men to be released by c . , A Governor Blease twelve are ? ? . their freedom upon the endorse* C? nt of the prison physician and the ' aptain of the guard at the Peniten? tiary, following Governor Bl case's personal visit to the prison, where he saw these prisoners' condition. I inc other prisoner leaves also as a result of Governor Blease's visit, and the fourteenth goes tomorrow as the re? sult of a hearing In the case Saturday^ it being simply a coincident that he will be released at the same time that the other prisoners go. According to the certificates elev< n of the paroled prisoners are suffering with chronic Illness and oife gets his certificate be? cause of advanced age. There are tum- 1 iftermers who will receive paroles. They are: John Hall, Orangeburgi burglary; Joe Gad dy. Colored, Ilorry, murder; Frank Murray, colored, Berkeley, murder; Daisy Cicero, colored, Falrfield, mur? der; Green Brown, colored, Chester* murder; Walter Perkins, Greenville, murder; Arthur Whltener, colored, Chester, murder: Hugh Campbell, Greenville, murder; James Carter, colored, Marlon, rape. The last mentioned is not in the list of twelve whose cas- s Governor Blease investi? gated at the prison. At the time Governor Bteaee went t<. inspect the hosiery mill a n urn beg of pris no's suffering with chronio illness were brought before him and h.- stated at tie- time that he would release those win. have a home to go to and wh >se cases v.< uld 1 ?celve the endorsement of the captain of the guard and of the prison physician. Some ??f those who leave the prison tomorrow will have to be carried from tie- very door of their cells in the hospital building. One of *he prisoners, an ..id negro, i>- bl'nd; two others are suffering from locomotor ataxia. which disease renders them helph ss; another fell from the third tier of tin- cell building and had one side paralyzed: he glided on his cheek bone and was saved from death in the fail, but has never been aide to use one side since the m Utting he dropped from the dlssy height: two of the prisoners that leave have tu berculosts ?>f the stoma< h. One woman is in the list of pris? oners. She was sont tip from Fair field County for murder in 1901, hav? ing been, theref >re, in the Peniten? tiary lor ten y,ars. she has asthma and weak eyes. NEGRO STILL IN JAIL. Witne? Supposed to Have Fled From the state o Keep From Testify? ing. Rufus Bacot, the negro arrested several days ago for setting fire to M irrls College, i- still in jail awaiting tin preliminary hearing v hn h has been postponed because of the to tt arrivai ..f an Important witness. it is stated that tin- principal wit? ne.--. a female pupil of Monas college, signed an affidavit prepared by Mr. Wharton, constable for th? Stat< in ?urance eommlsstoner, that Bacot had s. t tire to u, 1 utldtng. Th d.!\ at'tep Wharton lefl Green? 'd inty, whore the woman lives, ?h? >?? imc frightened at her act ard. on ti el vico of her Li a?ls, to*?k herself off, supposedly ? ' the st in r sheriff, ab h.-r. Her '